Director, Country Support – Programs

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🕒 March 20

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Open Government Partnership

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51 - 200 employees

Open Government Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on improving government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to citizens. OGP brings together government and civil society champions of reform who believe governments are more effective and credible when they open their doors to public input and oversight.

📋 Description

• Overses and directs the strategic implementation of key programs such as Member Services, OGP Local, and EU-funded programs within the Country Support portfolio. • Together with the Director, Country Support (Regions), ensure that country and local programs across the two directorates are coherent, coordinated, and advance OGP’s overall strategy and organizational priorities. • Contribute to organizational fundraising efforts and be responsible for fundraising and grant renewals for the programs. • Coordinating with others to secure and increase country contributions from members. • Co-lead on annual budget and work plan preparation and ongoing monitoring, with the Director, Country Support (Regions). • Secure their teams’ contributions to MEL activities, donor reporting, and learning. • Represent OGP externally at events and in high-level country visits. • Work closely with the Executive Committee and the Director, Country Support (Regions) to drive and implement OGP’s organizational transformation agenda. • Lead change and innovation efforts across the country and local program teams to strengthen performance and future-readiness. • Adapt responsibilities as transformation priorities evolve over the next 18 months. • Oversee the smooth rollout and adoption of the updated OGP action framework across all relevant teams. • Develop and institutionalize a universal, standardized, scalable, and sustainable service delivery model—including core processes, policies, guidance, and services. • Provide strategic guidance to Member Services and ensure strong collaboration with regional teams, the IRM, and the policy team. • Oversee the strategic evolution of OGP Local, ensuring a pivot toward scaling innovation and increasing leadership, impact, and inspiration across the cohort. • Lead fundraising efforts for OGP Local. • Strengthen the visibility, influence, and performance of OGP Local within the wider OGP system. • Ensure EU-funded programs (Road4EAP, PDA) advance OGP’s strategic goals and meet both organizational and donor priorities. • Provide strategic oversight of grant design, delivery, reporting, and compliance. • Manage senior-level funder relationships, ensure strong program performance and accountability, and secure grant renewals and expansions.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in strategy setting, program oversight, and contributing to organizational or programmatic change processes. • Proven ability to lead or coordinate complex, multi-country programs or initiatives, including managing multiple stakeholders and workstreams. • Strong background in stakeholder engagement, including effective collaboration with government counterparts, civil society partners, donors, or multilateral institutions. • Experience in managing and coaching teams, contributing to staff development, and fostering a positive team culture. • Experience in managing budgets, work plans, and reporting to ensure delivery of high-quality results. • Evidence of strong performance and growth in current and previous roles, including demonstration of leadership, initiative, and the ability to work effectively across teams. • Preferred Experience in open government reform with a credible track record and/or established networks in governments, civil society, donors, or multilateral spaces. • Experience supporting the development or implementation of ambitious open government commitments across a range of thematic areas. • Experience engaging with and managing funder relationships, including compliance, reporting, and donor-facing communication. • Experiencing representing an organization at high-level public events, strategic consultation,s or external partnerships. • Experience designing or leading innovation-focused initiatives or programs.

🏖️ Benefits

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